Benefit compliance

Tax reform and fiduciary rule delays dominated discourse in the ongoing effort to improve work-based savings and financial security.

Overtime costs and paid parental leave are some of the regulations companies will need to accommodate, lawyers say.

The proposed legislation would penalize employers for not offering an auto deferral DC plan.

Employers should consider amending their retirement plans so that the definition of disability relies on the determination of a third party.

Tax reform and fiduciary rule delays dominated discourse in the ongoing effort to improve work-based savings and financial security.

From DACA to the tightening of workplace visas, there has been a clear uptick in immigration enforcement activity and employers are feeling the impact on keeping compliant.

The Restoring Overtime Pay Act would increase the minimum salary threshold to $48,412, from $23,660.

The U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped a clash over Houston’s practice of providing benefits to the same-sex spouses of city employees, leaving intact a Texas Supreme Court decision that calls the city’s policy into question.

There are several provisions in the upper chamber’s text that alter existing tax treatment, and experts predict those elements will win out in final law.

Industry experts say the resulting rise in costs is likely to shift to employers and other stable health insurance consumers.

Though the tax legislation is mostly praised for leaving 401(k)s unscathed, new pass-through deduction could impact whether some small businesses offer the benefit.

GOP plan includes a repeal of Obamacare’s mandate that most Americans have health insurance or pay a penalty.

How an acquisition is structured, as a stock sale or an asset sale, could affect the continuation of employee perks.

There are times when employers can catch lightning in a bottle using the jurisdictional defense in court.

As of now, 401(k) plans and IRAs won’t be changed, which is good news for employers and employees, but anything could happen, experts say.

With employees now seeking targeted, personalized options, employers should turn to solutions such as medical opinion and decision-support services.

Republican lawmakers are scrambling to lock up the votes need to finalize a tax bill that can make it to President Donald Trump’s desk by the end of the year.

Small businesses that fail to provide workers with solid guidance risk exposure to litigation.

Small businesses that fail to provide workers with solid guidance risk exposure to potentially crippling compliance and litigation costs.

With employees now seeking targeted, personalized options, employers should turn to solutions such as medical opinion and decision support services.